midPhase Services, Inc. is a privately held web hosting and Internet services company based out of Chicago. midPhase Services, Inc. or shortly midPhase is a privately owned, debt-free Illinois corporation. midPhase offers a variety of web hosting options to consumers and businesses, as well as reseller opportunities to hosting resellers.

In about three years, midPhase has grown from hosting just several hundred web sites to several thousand. Although midPhase is a smaller company, they have shown that they are capable of dealing with many customers on any given day. One highlight about midPhase is their "SimpleSite Wizard", which basically lets you design and develop a web site without knowing any HTML at all. Uptime and support with this company has also been above average.

midPhase operates the Equinix IBX data center out of Chicago, IL.The datacenter has tight security and with multi-million dollar equipment that gives you a guarantee of 99.98% server uptime and 99.999% of network uptime

•  Hosting Control Panel
midPhase has a modified version of Cpanel that is much easier to use for the average beginner. They call it the "midPhase Control Center" which has a very unique design to it and is graphically easier on the eyes. The panel allows you to manage your web site by allowing you to add, remove, and modify e-mail accounts on the fly, view your account quota and see how much space you have used, install and set-up message boards, chat forums, and a number of other free third party scripts. midPhase also offers a "SimpleSite Wizard" that allows you to create a simple web site without knowing HTML at all. The panel offers a number of other features as well.

•  E-mail Features and Functions
midphase offers unlimited POP3email accounts, SPAM and Virus Filtering, SMTP Outgoing Mail Server, Sendmail and Exim Access, E-mail Auto- Responders, E-mail Forwarding, SpamAssassin E-mail Filter. All this are included in Mega-PHASE package for $7.95/month.

•  Developer & Programmer Tools
SimpleSite Wizard has been integrated directly into the control panel to allow anyone to follow a step-by-step process to build a website. All midPhase customers are allowed to use it for free.

midPhase also offers PHP Support, your own CGI-BIN, MySQL Database Support, PERL Support, DevPack Support Server Side Includes (SSI), Free SSL Installation, Static IP Addresses, Pre-installed Scripts, MIME Types, Private .htaccess File, File Handlers, Cron Jobs, URL Redirect Service, SSH Support, Hot-Link Protection, IP Address Banning

An additional fee is required for static IP address. SSH access requires ID verification. Contact sales for details.

•  E-commerce Support and Tools
midPhase offers ecommerce tools, the most popular: Papal, osCommerce and Agora shopping cart. Merchant Services via CDGC and NXG/NV are also available to enhance ecommerce experience.

•  Additional Products & Services
In addition to a wide range of web hosting options, brands and services, midPhase offers the following non-web-hosting products to customers:

Spam filtering system
Domain Registration & Transfers
SSL Certificate Reselling (Geotrust)
Web-based Storage
Copyright Protection Documents
Systems Administration
Backup Solutions
Dedicated & Managed Services

The primary focus at midPhase is to attain and sustain long-term relationships with all customers. This goal is achieved by providing a quality service, at a low cost. After customer acquisition midPhase continues this by providing a true 24/7 customer support service. Unlike hundreds of its competitors, midPhase employees its own technicians and manages all of its own hardware (which is NOT rented). midPhase collocates servers at a top-rated data center facility and staffs on-site technicians at all times. The response time of midPhase is undoubtedly one of the shortest in the industry.

Midphase proudly offers the following:

•  With the Emergency Paging Services their customer can page the administrator.

•  Live Animated Tutorials are designed to assist you in configuring your programs and your site to work correctly with midPhase's servers, set up e-mail client, FTP client, use and customize osCommerce and midPhase's web-based Control Panel.

•  midPhase Talk is a community of thousands of fellow midPhase customers. Many of the questions you have may already be answered on midPhase Talk! This is a free, community-based service for customers. It is faster, and easier! If you like midPhase Talk, please feel free to help another member out if you know how!

•  FAQ

•  Live Chat

•  24/7 Toll-Free Phone

•  midPhase offers a help ticket system to help you to resolve your problem quickly.